Senachwine-
Potawatomi: ( "Difficult Current") or Petchaho (supposedly from Potawatomi: "Red Cedar", was born in 1744
and died in the summer of 1831. He was a 19th century Illinois River Potawatomi
chieftain. In 1815, he succeeded his brother Gomo as chieftain of their band and
was one of the last major Potawatomi chieftains to live in the region.

A number of places in Illinois are named in his honor
including
Senachwine Township in Putnam County, Illinois, Senachwine
Creek, Senachwine Lake and the Lake Senachwine Reservoir.

He succeeded his brother Gomo as head chieftain of
the Illinois River band and was a signer of several treaties between the
Potawatomi and the United States during the 1810s and 1820s.

He was buried on a high bluff overlooking the
village where he lived, and a wooden monument was placed on his grave. A
black flag was also flown from a high pole placed next to the monument
and could be seen from the gravesite for several years afterwards. Two
years later, his band were removed to the Indian Territory and
eventually settled in western Kansas.

The Sons of the American Revolution chapter in
Peoria, Illinois placed a bronzememorial plaque, engraved with his
speech to Black Hawk pleading for peace prior to the Black Hawk War, at
the supposed burial spot of Senachwine north of present-day Putnam
County, Illinois on June 13, 1937. During the ceremony, an address was
given by author P.G. Rennick. Five tribal members of the Potawatomi from
Kansas were also in attendance during the ceremony.